last night i saw tortoise. it was one of the best shows ever. i got free tix from work and took my friend brian. when we got there, we ended up with VIP passes, so we wandered upstairs at the Independent, and realized we were in a little balcony overlooking the venue. it had like a bay window seat with pillows. finally i could see everything at a show!!
unfortunately we might have missed a couple of songs, but tortoise played for a good hour - all the hits. they even played my favorite song.
then daniel lanois took the stage with tortoise as his backing band. he was more than i had hoped fore. he's famous for producing a bunch of albums in the eighties as well as being brian eno's partner in crime, but i had no idea what an amazing guitar player he would be. i don't usually care about things like that, but this guy was off the hook. anyway, it was mezmerizing and another great show in the city.